# Australian Leadership Spill

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-leadership-spill/544229>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 23, 2010, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-leadership-spill/544229 "2010-06-23T12:25:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/australian-leadership-spill/544229/41 "2010-06-25T00:34:37Z")

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> [@Blake](#):
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> Not enough, if the rumours that she is gay are true, or even if they are promoted: Single woman, powerful position, long term relationship with a man who is a muscular hairdresser with a Village People 'tash who, quite frankly, acts a little camp. And the nature of the internet age is that such rumours can be rapidly and widely circulated anonymously.
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> Personally I neither know nor care if she is gay, though if she is covering it up with by pretending to be straight, that concerns me a little. However allegations of being gay are not the type of thing that’s likely to help her chances of winning an election. And while an unmarried PM may not be as much of an issue, even for the religious conservatives, I suspect that a gay PM is going to be a major issue for a great many voters,

Eh? Her partner is neither particularly muscular nor has a moustache of any sort:  
[http://www.medialaunch.com.au/949/](http://www.medialaunch.com.au/949/)

> **[Gillard's partner to spearhead men's health campaign](https://www.smh.com.au/national/gillards-partner-to-spearhead-mens-health-campaign-20081125-gdt491.html)**

Having a lesbian as a senior minister has not hurt Labor, I rather doubt these rumours will change a single vote.

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